SEOUL, South Korea — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Friday with his counterparts in South Korea and Japan, vowing to strengthen military ties with both countries amid regional security ...

Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and ...

Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald ... "has been a principle consistently upheld by South Korea, the United States and the international community." ...

DoD Photo U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made introductory phone calls on Friday to Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Acting South Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Seon-ho to ...

South Korea’s political turmoil of martial law, impeachments, and vitriolic attacks among its political parties has entered ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

Pete Hegseth admits he ... What experience will underpin Hegseth’s advice to President Trump under threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea? Given Trump’s view toward NATO, how ...

Pete Hegseth ... Iran and North Korea.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Friday that Hegseth also “will provide much-needed fresh air at the Pentagon.” ...